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Results tagged “tallships”
The Tall Ships have sailed & Sail Boston 2009 has wrapped up, but they provided some spectacular photo ops for Boston's photographers. Here are some of our favorites:
When the Volvo Ocean Race was in town two months ago, we saw some yachting asshats from the Empire State walking around the Seaport. Now that Sail Boston's Tall Ships chose to finish a leg of their sailing race in the Hub rather than the Big Apple (after starting off in Spain and concluding in Belfast), there's one more thing we've got over New York. (Maybe her unfortunate origin was the reason that painter got hassled?)
We don’t need to tell you that the tall ships are here. Bostonist readers have been tagging lots of great photos of the ships on Flickr, and we’re planning on heading to the waterfront later on today to check them out for ourselves.
There are lots of reasons to go see the tall ships. Maybe you’re a history nut. Maybe you’re looking for an excuse to talk like an old-time sailor. Maybe you just like all things wind-powered. Maybe you’re looking for a new backdrop for your Facebook profile picture. Or maybe you’re just looking for something free to do this weekend. Whatever your reason, go. The tall ships are just plain cool.
Art has long been the enemy of authority, but that opposition has been strengthened of late as an artist was denied permission from the Port Authority to paint the Tall Ships currently in Boston Harbor. Apparently an artist's setup is a security concern. Right. It would be a real shame to create an attractive artistic commemoration of the ships and their role in Boston's history, so we're so glad that artistry has been blocked in this case. Perhaps if the artist in question had proposed crafting a series of paintings that the state could sell to fund the Tall Ships (or sweet pensions for its workers), she'd have had more success? More proof that government is greedy, and unconcerned with the finer things in life. Like paint.
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